REU Site: Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) at UMass Boston

1359242奖学金为马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校（UMass Boston）的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供新的资助，并将在夏季研究实习期间支持总共30名学生。该项目被称为海岸环境科学与技术研究（CREST） REU站点，计划作为一个为期10周的研究/教育项目，旨在每年让10名本科生接触到前沿、综合的海岸环境科学研究。CREST填补的研究或教育利基涉及沿海研究的跨学科性，这与麻省大学波士顿分校环境学院的优势密切相关。每位CREST学者将与一位研究导师合作，在适合每位学者背景和兴趣的沿海环境科学或技术领域开发和开展一个研究项目。学生将获得尖端仪器的实践经验，实地经验和沿海海洋数据收集的培训，并将参加专业发展活动，培养数据解释和科学写作技能，团队合作和领导技能，以及科学道德。由于导师的跨学科方法和沿海环境科学所代表的学科的内在多样性，学者将获得跨学科工作的必要技能。CREST的主要更广泛的影响是征聘和培训未来的沿海环境科学研究人员和教育工作者。

Award 1359242 provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston)and will support a total of thirty students during a summer research internship. The program is called the Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) REU site and is planned as a 10-week research/educational program designed to expose 10 undergraduates per year to cutting edge, integrative, coastal environmental science research. The research or educational niche filled by CREST deals with the transdisciplinarity of coastal research, which closely parallels the strengths of the School for the Environment at UMass Boston. Each CREST scholar will work with a research mentor to develop and conduct a research project in an area of coastal environmental science or technology appropriate to each scholar's background and interests. Students will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge instrumentation, field experiences, and training in coastal marine data collection and will participate in professional development activities that will develop skills in data interpretation and scientific writing, teamwork and leadership skills, and scientific ethics. Because of the trans-disciplinary approaches of the mentors and the inherent diversity of disciplines represented in the coastal environmental sciences, scholars will gain necessary skills in working across disciplines. The primary broader impacts of CREST are the recruitment and training of future researchers and educators in the coastal environmental sciences.